How To Make Money On Social Media

let’s talk about money how to make money on social media in this article I’ll focus on youtube and Instagram.

Which are personally, where I generate nearly five figures per month at least at the time of recording this and I am a small creator okay let’s discuss.

This is because I want you to be doing the same youtube but I’m hoping you’ll appreciate it.

My spin on this topic gives you tangible actionable advice to start creating the same thing for yourself that’s the goal,

I’m glad you’re here for a long time I’ve wanted to create a vertical of my business independent of the one-on-one services I offer my clients,

Which in my business is personal branding strategy positioning brand and website design

Social media and content strategy so creating content is a natural fit I love to talk clearly record videos,

Try new tools and bring you along for the ride I used to think.

That I needed a hundred thousand followers to get sponsor brand deals worth more than like fifty dollars and I was very wrong in thinking that.

Here’s what I’ve learned you don’t have to be influential to get paid you don’t need thousands of DMS you don’t even need to be a creator full-time.

I know this because it’s something I’ve experienced myself in the past year,

When I hit 20 000 followers on Instagram and about 5,000 subscribers.

Here on YouTube I noticed a significant shift in my sponsored content opportunities.

In fact keep it real I’m now earning a healthy four figures per month sometimes like.

This month just shy of five figures and sponsored content is not my full-time job.

I don’t say this to brag I say this to remind you,

That there’s money to be made and it’s kind of fun.

To add to my delight I’m now doing sponsored deals with brands that I use.

Admire like adobe teachable and other cool platforms,

That I’ve learned about through sponsored content opportunities like synthesis.

Podcasts I love it and while my follower count opened my eyes to the possibilities of sponsored content I discovered from a dear friend.

A business coach jenny melrose, that your follower count doesn’t even matter.

So, if you’re serious about creating an additional revenue stream here’s a step-by-step guide there are six steps in total.

So, watch until the end let’s start with step number one identifying your expertise posting online is not enough you need to have a crystal clear understanding of your positioning expertise.

Value I often define branding as the middle ground between.

What you love and what others need to use this as a starting point plus.

When you’re confident in what you’ve identified as your expertise it should be rooted in something you’re passionate.

About so you’ll actually enjoy creating content it becomes fun and it is rewarding.

So, that is step number one figure out your expertise simple.

Let’s move on to step number two create a community and by the community.

I don’t mean massive audience brands today do not want to work with people.

Who charges a fortune for a huge inactive following if you post on youtube do.

What you can to drive up comments don’t forget to reply to all of them.

If you’re posting on Instagram figure out what you can do to maximize all these,

Types of engagements include likes but more importantly comments shares.

Saves once you create a passionately engaged community then I think you’re ready for sponsored content even if that audience is small notice.

I didn’t say at any point that you need a gigantic community.

Step number three find brands that will fit with your audience you’ve built a community and it’s your job to satisfy,

That community take note of brands ones that you love ones that you use everyday ones that your followers mention in DMS ones that come up in your feed and narrow down a dream list,

That’s step three very simple that comes before what we do next let’s talk about that step number four let the dream brands know that you exist this is where your expertise and community come into play trying to,

Find an email address you need to try and find an email of someone at that company maybe by looking at a press release on your dream brand’s website let that person know about your expertise your community,

your engagement and don’t be shy about following up. Did I mention do not mention prices yet you’re aiming to connect not pitch for now okay we’re picking up steam here full steam ahead.

Step five figure out your prices when I started doing brand deals I started low the equivalent of like one hour at my billable rate just to see,

What was possible when I got a yes I increased that fee by like 30 once I got another yes I increased it by another 30.

I kept going up and up until every yes was a yes and then I started to feel some resistance.

Which I knew was my sweet spot for sponsored content the general rule of thumb is that you can charge about a hundred dollars for every 10,000 followers on Instagram but in my experience,

it’s actually been higher.

That if you’re an expert professional or a thought leader I think you can go higher now on to our last step six-determine your add-one.

My client friend and past brand therapy guest gisele ugardi call it your chipotle guac have an upsell ready in your back pocket after you’ve closed a deal.

As an example when i locked down a sponsored video on YouTube I also offered to post on my instagram and my newsletter for an additional fee you could also offer to do.